A prospective randomized experimental study to investigate the peritoneal adhesion formation after waterjet injection and argon plasma coagulation (HybridAPC) in a rat model.

Background: This prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blinded study investigates the peritoneal adhesion formation of HybridAPC (waterjet elevation of the peritoneum with subsequent argon plasma coagulation) versus only waterjet (elevation with the same instrument, but without subsequent argon plasma coagulation) in a rat model (24 female Wistar rats).

Materials And Methods: Bilateral lesions were created on the abdominal wall with HybridAPC on one sidewall and waterjet elevation on the other sidewall of the peritoneum in a standard fashion. After 10 days, the rats were euthanized to evaluate the peritoneal trauma sites.

A Prospective Randomized Experimental Study to Investigate the Eradication Rate of Endometriosis after Surgical Resection versus Aerosol Plasma Coagulation in a Rat Model.

Purpose: To investigate the eradication rate of endometriosis after surgical resection (SR) vs. thermal ablation with aerosol plasma coagulation (AePC) in a rat model.

Methods: In this prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blinded animal study endometriosis was induced on the abdominal wall of 34 female Wistar rats.

Randomized experimental study to investigate the peritoneal adhesion formation of conventional monopolar contact coagulation versus noncontact argon plasma coagulation in a rat model.

Objective: To investigate peritoneal adhesion formation of monopolar contact coagulation (MCC) versus noncontact argon plasma coagulation (APC) in a rat model.

Design: Randomized, controlled, single-blinded animal study.

Setting: University laboratory.

A Prospective Experimental Study to Investigate the Peritoneal Adhesion Formation of Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) Versus a Novel Aerosol Plasma in a Rat Model.

Background: This is a prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blinded study to investigate peritoneal adhesion formation of standard argon plasma coagulation (APC) versus aerosol plasma coagulation in a rat model.

Methods: Bilateral lesions were created on the abdominal wall of 16 female Wistar rats with standard and aerosol plasma coagulation APC energy in a standard fashion. After 10 days, the rats were killed humanely to evaluate the peritoneal trauma sites.

Feasibility and safety of EUS-guided cryothermal ablation in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Background: New therapies are needed for pancreatic cancer.

Objective: To determine the feasibility and safety of a new endoscopic treatment. Secondary endpoints were to determine effects on tumor growth measured with CT scan and to find the overall survival.

A prospective, randomized, experimental study to investigate the peritoneal adhesion formation of noncontact argon plasma coagulation in a rat model.

Objective: To investigate the peritoneal adhesion formation of two pulsed noncontact argon plasma coagulation (APC) modes in a rat model.

Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled, and blinded study.

Setting: Laboratory facilities of a university department of obstetrics and gynecology.

Randomized controlled study of EMR versus endoscopic submucosal dissection with a water-jet hybrid-knife of esophageal lesions in a porcine model.

Background: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) seems to be more effective than EMR for curative resection of GI mucosal neoplasia. However, ESD is technically difficult, hazardous, and time consuming. New technologies may overcome these drawbacks.